Building Plans - What You Need to Know About Chicken Pens
Imagine being able to raise and enjoy your very own free range chicken eggs.
Would you be interested? The answer is yes for a growing number of Americans.
Taking control of the food that goes into your body is becoming increasingly popular as evidenced by the organic and hormone free choices many grocery stores are providing the public these days.
Some people are even gardening and raising animals on their hobby farms or in their backyards to help provide healthy choices for their families to eat.
For the growing number of people who have decided to raise chickens, I have included some tips to think about before building your chicken pens.
Determine the best place and position of your chicken pen.
Placing it too close to the house could create a "foul" smell (no pun intended).
Is there adequate sunlight for the chickens? Is there too much direct sunlight? Position your chicken pen so that a North wind in the winter time will not freeze your birds.
Position is the key to the success of your chicken raising experience.
Will you be able to easily access the pen to clean it when it needs cleaning? Is the pen positioned so you will be able to bring food and water to the chickens with ease? There are two options when people are building their own chicken pens.
Build on-site or in a workshop (or garage).
You will find that building the pen on-site works out the best.
Once it is done, it is set-up and ready to go.
If you have to build in the workshop (garage) for some reason, make sure that you are constantly aware of how you will get it out of the workshop.
Both from a size and weight standpoint.
People who raise chickens find that soon they are enjoying the experience and savings so much that they want to increase the size of their operation.
Make sure to plan ahead when you select the size of your pen.
Chicken pens should be larger than what you initially need.
This is a great way to plan for the future.
A few chickens in a larger pen are happy.
However, a lot of chickens in a smaller pen is asking for trouble.
With the proper planning and the right building plans you can enjoy years of raising your very own chickens.
The savings you will get from those delicious free range eggs and organic fertilizer will have you feeling great about the time spent raising chickens.
Would you be interested? The answer is yes for a growing number of Americans.
Taking control of the food that goes into your body is becoming increasingly popular as evidenced by the organic and hormone free choices many grocery stores are providing the public these days.
Some people are even gardening and raising animals on their hobby farms or in their backyards to help provide healthy choices for their families to eat.
For the growing number of people who have decided to raise chickens, I have included some tips to think about before building your chicken pens.
Determine the best place and position of your chicken pen.
Placing it too close to the house could create a "foul" smell (no pun intended).
Is there adequate sunlight for the chickens? Is there too much direct sunlight? Position your chicken pen so that a North wind in the winter time will not freeze your birds.
Position is the key to the success of your chicken raising experience.
Will you be able to easily access the pen to clean it when it needs cleaning? Is the pen positioned so you will be able to bring food and water to the chickens with ease? There are two options when people are building their own chicken pens.
Build on-site or in a workshop (or garage).
You will find that building the pen on-site works out the best.
Once it is done, it is set-up and ready to go.
If you have to build in the workshop (garage) for some reason, make sure that you are constantly aware of how you will get it out of the workshop.
Both from a size and weight standpoint.
People who raise chickens find that soon they are enjoying the experience and savings so much that they want to increase the size of their operation.
Make sure to plan ahead when you select the size of your pen.
Chicken pens should be larger than what you initially need.
This is a great way to plan for the future.
A few chickens in a larger pen are happy.
However, a lot of chickens in a smaller pen is asking for trouble.
With the proper planning and the right building plans you can enjoy years of raising your very own chickens.
The savings you will get from those delicious free range eggs and organic fertilizer will have you feeling great about the time spent raising chickens.